Working Animals
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The Private Life of Chickens
Have you ever wondered what goes on in a chicken’s head? Maybe you’ve pondered why humans have chosen chickens as…
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Rob’s DIY Vermipod
by Rob Avis For some time now I’ve been anxious to get a worm composting system for our kitchen scraps…
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How to Make an Egg Mobile
So, we wanted to make an egg mobile for egg laying chickens to follow behind our dairy cows and fertilise…
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Mobile Chicken House Construction
by Paul Kean, aka ‘Ringo’, who, incidentally, recently returned from Afghanistan. Several years ago I was living and working at…
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Grazing and Browsing? Forage Trees and Shrubs for Horses
By Mariette van den Berg B.(Hons), MSc. (Equine Nutrition) This photograph © copyright Craig Mackintosh Introduction Within the Equine industry…
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Urban Worm Farm Solution – Step by Step Setup
After discovering our family compost bin was in a dangerously anaerobic state I decided a worm farm would be a…
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Make Your Own Worm Farm from Car Tyres
A certain truck driver in Asia has discovered the value of good road-hugging (or bridge barrier-hugging, as the case may…
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Letters from Slovakia – The Horse Whisperer
Photos © Craig Mackintosh Although he may not succeed Robert Redford in a sequel to ‘The Horse Whisperer’, I think…
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Hooray for the Water Buffalo!
They are called water buffalo for good reason Photos Copyright © Craig Mackintosh Did you know that more than five…
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The Dam Letter
Who says we’re not getting out of touch with nature? Well, I think we are, and read on to see…
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The One Duck Revolution
PIJ #58, Mar – May 1996 Aigamo ducks in rice paddy Mr. Takao Furuno’s modest business card reveals that he…
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Permaculture Pooch
Alanna Moore is the author of ‘Backyard Poultry – Naturally‘ – where you can read more about Vikki and poultry…
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